One Good Turn (1931 film)

For other uses of the term, see One Good Turn (disambiguation).

One Good Turn
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	James W. Horne
Produced by	Hal Roach
Written by	H.M. Walker
Starring	Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy
Music by	Marvin Hatley Leroy Shield
Cinematography	Art Lloyd
Editing by	Richard C. Currier
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	October 31, 1931 (1931-10-31)
Running time	20:34
Country	United States
Language	English

One Good Turn is a 1931 short comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy.

Plot

Stan and Ollie are victims of the Great depression and are begging for food. A friendly old lady provides them with some sandwiches. Enjoying their meal they hear that the old lady will be thrown out of her house because she is robbed and cannot pay her mortgage. They don't know that the old lady is rehearsing a play. Stan and Ollie decide to repay the old lady by selling their car. During the auction a drunken man (Billy Gilbert) puts a wallet in Stan's pocket. Ollie accuses Stan of having robbed the old lady but when they return to the old lady's place they hear the truth. Stan takes revenge on Ollie in a violent way.

Quotes

• Ollie to the old lady: "We haven't tasted food in three whole days".
  Stan:" Yesterday, today and tomorrow".

Cast

• Stan Laurel as Stanley
• Oliver Hardy as Ollie
• Mary Carr
• Jimmy Finlayson
• Gordon Douglas
• Billy Gilbert
• Dorothy Granger
• 'Snub' Pollard
• Lyle Tayo

Notes

Stan Laurel's daughter Lois was fearful of Oliver Hardy (known to her as "Uncle Babe") when her father was hit by Hardy in many Laurel and Hardy films. So, Laurel wrote a scene in which Hardy was hit by him.

External links

• One Good Turn at the Internet Movie Database
• One Good Turn at Rotten Tomatoes